Here are some books that would be good reading for
anyone interested in learning more about all aspects of the culture.

--Creole Music Man: Bois Sec Ardoin by Ching Veillon

--Cajun and Creole Music Makers by Barry Jean Ancelet

--"Capitaine, voyage ton flag" The Traditional Cajun Country Mardi Gras by Barry Jean Ancelet

--Lafitte the Pirate by Lyle Saxon

--Tonnerre mes Chiens, A glossary of Louisiana French figures of speech by Amanda LaFleur

--Acadian to Cajun, Transformation of a People, 1803-1877 by Carl A Brasseaux

--The Prudhomme Family Cookbook, Old-time Louisiana Recipes by Eleven Prudhomme brothers and sisters

--Second Linin' Jazzmen of Southwest Louisiana 1900-1950 by Austin Sonnier, Jr

--Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

--Ye' Yaille, Chere, Traditional Cajun Dance Music by Raymond E. Francois

--Speaking Louisiana, A Cajun Dictionary published by Louisiana Gifts

--River Road Recipes III, A Healthy Collection published by the Junior League of Baton Rouge

--'Dat Little Cajun Cookbook by Chef Remy

--The Southern Heritage "Cakes" Cookbook published by Oxmoor House, Birmingham Al

--New Orleans Creole Recipes by Mary Moore Bremer

--Art of the State of Louisiana published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

--150 Cajun Stories by larry Boudreaux

--The Cajuns, Essays on their History and Culture edited by Glenn R, Conrad, Univ of Southwestern Louisiana

--Cajun Self-Taught by Rev. Msgr. Jules O Daigle

--Scattered to the Wind, Dispersal and Wanderings of the Acadians, 1755-1809 by Carl A Brasseaux

--Red Shoes' People the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

--The Kingdom of Zydeco by Michael Tisserand